• Hegar@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    “It’s known that they are quite antisemitic and it’s no secret, and maybe that’s why a strong game is expected”

    That’s the full quote from the israeli player from before the game.

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      9 months ago

      Ah okay, that makes some more sense. I wouldn’t want to shake hands with folks who slung slurs at me out of nowhere either! It begs the question as to why they called them anti-Semetic in the first place.

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        9 months ago

        Largely because of ireland’s history of being brutalized in their own home, they have consistently had the strongest support for the palestinian cause in all of europe. The israeli player was almost certainly mischaracterising support for palestinians as antisemitism.

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        To be clear here, “Anti-semetic” is the slur, not whatever imagines slight Israeli players accused Ireland of.

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          Yeah, exactly. Whipping out a charge of anti-Semitism against folks who just don’t happen to agree with how your government is handling their business is absolutely a slur.